Nicholas Cage has never found it difficult to earn or spend money. Based on his resume it would appear that he never says 'no' to a movie if the money is right, and nor does he say 'no' to a deal if he can afford to pay for it. Cage has many weird and wonderful possessions that have cost him millions of dollars, including a priceless first edition of the first ever 'Superman' comic.
Curiously, Cage paid $3m dollars for Leaf Cay - one of the Exumas Islands in the Bahamas (site of the ill-fated Fyre Festival), but then never built on it. He's owned it for years, but there isn't a single human-made building anywhere on the island. Perhaps he stays in a mud hut when he visits? Maybe he just likes to go swimming in the clear-blue, unspoiled waters, away from the world's prying eyes? Or, perhaps more likely, he was put off when he found out who his new next-door neighbor was: Johnny Depp.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.